Page 16: Historical Events In 1920

Oct 29   Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees in the year 1920.   

Oct 29   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1920.   

Oct 30   The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney in the year 1920.   

Oct 31   Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) in the year 1920.   

Oct 31   Romania annexes Bessarabia in the year 1920.   

Nov 01   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in NYC   

Nov 01   James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes) in the year 1920.   

Nov 02   On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73   

Nov 02   In the year 1920 fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer   

Nov 02   In the year 1920 kDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station   

Nov 02   On this day in history warren G Harding elected President   

Nov 03   On this day in history "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater   

Nov 04   On this day in history georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)   

Nov 05   Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1920.   

Nov 06   In the year 1920 john Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC)   

Nov 08   In the year 1920 abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83   

Nov 08   Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn in the year 1920.   

Nov 10   On this day in history george Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in NYC   

Nov 10   Tod Andrews, NYC, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour) in the year 1920.   

Nov 12   Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner in the year 1920.   

Nov 12   In the year 1920 richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon)   

Nov 13   In the year 1920 hudson River frozen at Albany   

Nov 14   In the year 1920 american Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards   

Nov 14   On this day in history johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

Nov 15   On this day in history ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen," premieres in Neurenberg   

Nov 15   Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection in the year 1920.   

Nov 15   League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited in the year 1920.   

Nov 16   Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer in the year 1920.   

Nov 16   Postage meter first used in US in lieu of postage stamps on this day in history.   

Nov 18   Alfred William Bedford, test pilot in the year 1920.   

Nov 18   Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1920 ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania)   

Jan 01   Roger Peacock, writer was born in the year 1920.   

Jan 01   In the year 1920 birth of virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector   

Jan 02   Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy) was born in the year 1920.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of penelope Jessel, politcal activist   

Jan 02   Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 in the year 1920.   

Jan 04   Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843) died in the year 1920.   

Jan 07   Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of john Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)   

Jan 16   Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1920.   

Jan 20   In the year 1920 death of georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)   

Jan 25   On this day in history amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35   

Jan 26   Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered died on this day in history.